University of Chicago Booth School of Business, MBA, Finance, Accounting and Entrepreneurship: 2005

Ajoy began his investment career at Credit Suisse First Boston in 1999 when he joined their technology equity research group in San Francisco. Prior to that, he had worked as a strategy consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago, which he had joined immediately after graduating from college.

After graduating from business school, Ajoy joined Franklin Templeton in their New York office where he worked on their International Small Cap team. He then joined William Blair & Company where he continued to follow international small cap equities in the global technology and health care sectors. He then joined Allianz Global Investors in San Diego where he worked as an International Equity Analyst/Portfolio Manager on their International Growth Fund with a focus on European equities. His team subsequently moved to Fred Alger Management in New York.

Ajoy joined CastleArk in 2016 as the Lead Portfolio Manager on CastleArk’s newly launched International Small Cap Equity Strategy.

Jerry began his career as an energy analyst at Harris Bancorp in 1979.

In 1981, he joined Kemper Financial as an industry analyst. In 1984, he was named portfolio manager for the Blue Chip and Small Cap Growth Funds.

In 1989 he joined Loomis, Sayles as a Large Cap Growth portfolio manager. In 1994 he was named Managing Partner of the Chicago office and was added to the company’s Board of Directors.

Jerry left Loomis Sayles in 1999 to form CastleArk Management LLC, an institutional growth stock and energy fund investment company. In his role as Chief Investment Officer, Jerry is part of the large cap growth and energy teams.

He appears frequently on CNBC and other financial media venues. Jerry serves on the Finance Council of the Chicago Archdiocese and the University of Notre Dame’s Arts and Letters Council.

Nora started her financial services career in Morgan Stanley’s Private Client Services division. She moved into asset management as an Equity Trader at an investment advisory division of Lehman Brothers, which was founded by a group of former Morgan Stanley professionals. Nora joined CastleArk to head the trading desk in 2000.